2005 House Bill 5149 / Public Act 199

Revise landfill owners’ covenants

Introduced in the House

Sept. 8, 2005

Introduced by Rep. Daniel Acciavatti (R-32)

To require the restrictive covenant deed that landfill owners must sign committing themselves and future owners of the property to certain actions to include a metes-and-bounds description and map of the facility boundary and the solid waste boundary. Also, to revise the definition of "receiving facility" as a structure designed to receive septage waste for treatment as a wastewater treatment plant, so that it would also septage to be used in one of the "bioreactor" landfills authorized by House Bill 5148 and Senate Bill 747.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment

Sept. 29, 2005

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Oct. 5, 2005

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that also prohibit the disposal of yard clippings in an incinerator, unless they were diseased or infested.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

Received in the Senate

Oct. 6, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Oct. 20, 2005

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Oct. 27, 2005

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To require the restrictive covenant deed that landfill owners must sign committing themselves and future owners of the property to certain actions to include a metes-and-bounds description and map of the facility boundary and the solid waste boundary. Also, to revise the definition of "receiving facility" as a structure designed to receive septage waste for treatment as a wastewater treatment plant, so that it would also septage to be used in one of the "bioreactor" landfills authorized by House Bill 5148 and Senate Bill 747.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Nov. 10, 2005